Course Description
Students will explore and differentiate among theoretical lenses and models of reading instruction. They will use their understanding to critically evaluate literacy instructional practices and packaged reading programs and products.
Athena Title
Theories and Models of Reading
Non-Traditional Format
This course will be taught 95% or more online.
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
• Students will identify essential tenets of reading theories and models. • Students will identify the theories that undergird reading programs, products, and instructional approaches. • Students will develop asset-based disposition to youths’ learning so that they can leverage youths’ cultural and linguistic identities and practices in reading instruction. • Students will identify and leverage the symbiotic relationship of reading and writing. • Students will make connections between theory, research, and historical trends related to current literacy instruction and education policy.
Topical Outline
1. Historical Overview of Reading Instruction 2. Symbiotic Relationship between Reading and Writing (Grounded in Language) 3. Overview of Packaged Programs and Products for Reading and Writing Instruction 4. Sociocultural Theories of Reading and Applications 5. Cognitive Theories of Reading and Applications 6. Biliteracy Theories and Applications 7. Neuroscience in Reading Scholarship 8. Deconstructing the “Science of Reading”
Syllabus
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